Holding device for chairs



May 17 1927.

' T. COTE ET AL nowme DEVICE FOR CHAIR-S Filed Dec. 23. 1925 INVENTOR:

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UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE COTE AND EDWARD VICTOR COTE, OF TUPPER LAKE, NEW YORK.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR CHAIRS.

Application filed December 23, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in holding devices for use uponbarber chairs and the like for supporting the head rest thereon when notin use and obliterating the necessity of making room for the head restupon a shelf each time the head rest is re moved from the chair.

Another object of our invention resides in the specific construction ofthe device consisting of a clamp arranged upon the frame of the chairand having an outwardly extending U-shaped member thereon for receivingthe leg of the head rest therein while a pair of protecting rodsextending upwardly in spaced parallel relation upon the under side ofthe clamp for preventing the head rest from coming in contact with theseat and from accumulating any extraneous matter thereon from contactingwith any portion of the chair.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claim. 7

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barber chair with parts broken awayand illustrating the manner in which our invention is secured upon theframe therefor.

Figure 2 is a perspective of our invention per se.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the invention andillustrating the manner in which the elements so forming our inventionare associated with the clamp.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates abarber chair of the usual and well known construction and having a downwardly extending rectangular frame 11 provided thereon while the back ofthe chair being constructed to receive the leg 12 of a head rest 13thereon in accordance with the usual and well known construction of theparticular type of chair.

The invention mainly resides in the provision of a substantiallyU-shaped clamping member 14 through one side of which is movable a wingbolt 15 and upon the inner end of the wing bolt is a swiveled head 16Serial No. 77,313.

which is adapted for engagement with the inner side. of the frame 11 forsupporting the clamp 14: thereon in the manner clearly illustrated inFigure 1 of the drawing.

Extending in a like manner within the diametrically opposite side of theclamp 14 is an inwardly extending projection 17 provided upon theintermediate portion of a yoke shaped supporting member 18; theprojection 17 being held against accidental displacement through theinstrumentality of .a jam nut 19 threaded upon and abutting thecorresponding outer side of the clamp 14. The leg 12 of the head rest 13being received between the corresponding inner sides of the yoke shapedmember 18 while the head rest proper being supported upon the upper sideof the yoke shaped member 18.

In order to prevent the inner side of the head rest 13 from contactingwith the chair 10 or the frame 11 therefor we provide a pair of spacedparallel upwardly extending protecting rods 20 upon the upper edge ofthe U-shaped clamping member 141 exteriorally of the frame 11 and whichwill hold the'said head rest 13 in spaced relation with respect to theseat 10 and frame 11 to prevent the accumulation of any extraneousmatter Whatsoevcr thereupon.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor detalls of construction, and the right Is here- 111 reservedto make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended i'with the upper edges of the side wall of the clamp to which the yoke isattached.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

THEODORE OOTE. EDWARD VICTOR COTE.

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